Postburn deformity of lip-chin complex: a method to restore the mentolabial sulcus
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E R Cardoso1, H S Amonoo-Kuofi, M B Hawary
1Division of Plastic Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
An extensive postburn deformity of the lower lip presents a difficult reconstructive problem. Efforts to reconstruct the resultant defect by conventional methods were found unsatisfactory. In a deformed lower lip, restoration of the contour of the lip with a well-defined mentolabial sulcus should be the aim of any reconstructive effort to bring aesthetic balance to the face. We describe a simple and effective method of restoring the function and form of the lip-chin complex.